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comment by bioemerl
bioemerl  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to ruin your life in 140 characters

I don't think having an article written about you that says "you all are wrong for screwing this person up" is going to ruin a life.

I don't think that the person is correct that "anything that puts me in the spotlight is negative". And I do think that seeing someone suddenly scared to appear in any news piece is a great example of the damage mob-justice causes.





rob05c  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I don't think that the person is correct that "anything that puts me in the spotlight is negative".

I don't either. But she thinks so, and I think it's contemptible to go against someone's wishes, especially with regard to their own protection, like that.

am_Unition  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I find it perhaps most fascinating when circledots are split evenly(ish) between two opinions.

Usually seems to indicate when a topic may not have a correct answer.

P.S. I agree with you, personally, but I think it's great when the community's divided.

user-inactivated  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

From personal experience, I find that when the person in question is "evil" like me, it generally makes everyone okay with whatever happens.

ccc  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I guess it could go either way. For example, this

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/whos_the_speaker_at_his_graduation_the_man_who_sent_him_to_prison.html

Followed by this

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/car_dealer_fires_former_gang_member_after_syracusecom_story_about_his_success.html

One happening isn't a statistic but here's at least an example of how the well-intentioned coverage can cause trouble.